Lenovo’s Legion 5 gaming notebooks start from around £800 or $800 with an entry level spec and come in both 15.6” and 17” versions. The model I’m looking at here in Phantom Blue, has a 8 core AMD Ryzen 5800H CPU, an NVidia RTX 3070 graphics card, a 512GB NVMe SSD, 16GB of RAM and a full HD 15.6” IPS screen.
It’s a very capable laptop both for gaming but also as a fast everyday computer, particularly useful for video editing. And unlike some gaming laptops it wouldn’t be out of place in an office environment.
You can pay a lot more for a laptop with far less impressive specs, but it’s not all good. I’ll run through its features pointing out its good and bad points, and I’ll test its performance for gaming, video and photo editing and office use. And I’ll take it apart to see how easy it is to upgrade. All to help you decide if this is the right laptop for you.
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